Dave Vandepol and all his bikes...
Send me a photo of your training room (david at thesufferfest.com) and I’ll post it here.
We all do it. Alone, in a room. Or a garage. Or under the stairs. An office. Some of you have all the latest gadgets – ergometer, powermeter, fans, big screen. Others go bare-bones – bike on a turbo trainer or rollers, no comforts. And you suffer! Some of you don’t even have a Sufferfest video to watch. Shameful, really. Like a dirty little secret.
Now, it’s time to shed some light on your bike torture chamber – open up your world to others! There is nothing to be ashamed of…let’s see the dirty underbelly of where you train inside. We’re also collecting photos on Twitpic with the tag #biketorturechamber and our Sufferfest Facebook Group.
The photo to the right isn’t me, it’s of Sufferfester Dave Vandepol, who posted his shot at The Sufferfest Facebook Group and sort of started this whole thing! Got enough bikes, Dave?
Jack’s BTC with mega power fan!
This is HTFU! A BTC with no heat for Brad up in frigid Scotland!
Gavin's cold-war era basement torture chamber!
Paul's bike with video game attachment!
Alex Taylor's..with, um, waitress service!
Dave Hancock's Training + Laundry + Pets room!
Luca's trainer (with special battleship attachment) (Winner of our 'Coolest BTC' from the December 09 contest)
Wade at Cyclingtipsblog.com lives in OZ, so no need for a torture chamber!
Ugh...weightlifting after riding! Amanda's BTC has it all.
The bike at Sufferfest Studios - with a nice view of Zurich and iPod for watching The Downward Spiral!
@oselling's old school set-up with subtle reminder to suffer!
Shiran can make coffee, hoover the floor and catch up on his reading (and open a post-workout bottle of wine!)
Ian's garage chamber...with the 1000 yard stare of much intense focus!
JD's with improvised laptop stand!
When Matt trains, all he sees is yellow....
Kevin's BTC with all the fixins': TV, fan, mirror, clock (and his cat Squeaker, just out of the pic, who makes sure he does all his intervals)
Trevor's house of pain! Love the no-frills spin bike!
Michael's BTC - with blinding interrogation light to add to the suffering!
Here's how they suffer in Denmark - Tommy has four screens to look at!
Diedre's BTC with wine rack attachmen!
@brixtotri's forbidden turbo trainer in the living room set-up!
Brad's double-suffering with boats (just in case?) set-up
From Keith in Wyoming: Drink plenty of fluids. Go like hell.
David gets aero in his BTC
Andrew has four (!) bikes as instruments as torture in his BTC!
Allen from epicPLANET working out to a, what else, epicPLANET DVD!
Andrew's practicing the sport of cycling-boxing-weightlifting in his BTC
Ohhh...the turbo fan shot in David's BTC
What a mess! Whoa! Tom's is like one of those puzzle pictures where you have to find an object! Find the turbo trainer!
Hector, Brian and Chris are stationed in Iraq and their BTC is a freaking Hardened Aircraft Shelter! Er...who's got their bike pointed the wrong way?
Jeff's BTC basked in the glow of post-Downward Spiral euphoria!
Cristiano's BTC looks more like a cycling team's service course!
Mark's seriously minimalist, still-in-DIY-state, BTC!
This one from Alicia looks like a BTC/laundry room (with mood lighting)!
Alex's daughter takes over the bike to be like Daddy in his BTC in Colchester, UK
Kendall's BTC in Utah is looking a little too luxury for real suffering!
Adam (UK) is so tough, he has his BTC out in the cold!
Ishmael deal with the worst UK winter in 45 years by training in a carpark! BTC!
From Elizabeth: "An apartment of 3 chics...9 bikes, 3 trainers, and a tv on a laundry basket."
The BTC of the guy I bought by first bike off of back in 1986, Pete McMaster of Competitive Gear in Erie, PA! OLD SCHOOL TRAINER BABY! Love the remote control next to the bike. But, gloves? Really?
Richard's BTC complete with bucket ('for discomfort')
Will @prophysio has a Specialized in the BTC and a pink scooter outside...
Stuart in the UK and the blank, void stare of suffering in the BTC....
Now this is one prepared BTC! Andrew was getting ready to spend five hors on the trainer when he sent this in!!!!
Michael's BTC coach pushes him to do The Sufferfest Double!
When Dennis in Edinboro, PA is done with this bike, he's got backup bikes to suffer on in his BTC!
Merle's BTC for two!
Friends that suffer together, stay together - Esther's BTC is a group cell!
Geoffrey rode his bike when he was 17. Then he took 50 years off it. Now he's back at it and suffering in the BTC!
